Leverage Your Data for a Safer Tomorrow

There is a myriad of fleet technology available to help you identify at-risk behavior behind the wheel. Software programs such as GPS-tracking, Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs), Routing Software, and Turn-by-Turn Navigation help you mitigate risk by monitoring your drivers’ behavior behind the wheel and use that data to coach them on changes needed to their driving.

Using Fleet Data for Employee Coaching

Good employees want to be coached, and coaching good employees to be even better fosters a better working culture as well as improves business. When you leverage fleet technology for coaching you can use real information, fresh in everyone’s memory.

Fleet technology alerts you to issues that you may never have known about and gives you insight into “near misses” and risky driving behavior. Fleet managers can use this data to make corrective action and coach drivers on their mistakes while driving. Taking this approach allows for a continuous improvement strategy, prohibits complacency behind the wheel, and reduces unsafe driving that unaddressed could increase the likelihood of a crash.  

Continuous Improvement

You can’t measure what you can’t see and fleet technology lets you create a benchmark for driver behavior using reliable data. From there you can monitor and measure to determine where change needs to take place. Whether it’s speeding, hard braking, irregular lane departure or other behaviors, using data to make corrections improves driver individually and the organization collectively.

It’s impossible to eliminate all risk, but we can certainly mitigate what’s under our control. A recent DOT study showed that 90% of all crashes are due to driver action, attitude, and behavior and many other studies have shown a correlation to adopting new technology and a lowered frequency and severity to collisions.    

Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late

Don’t wait until driver behavior is completely misaligned with safety protocols. Be proactive and leverage your fleet data to your fleet safety program. Working with a technology consultant helps you at any phase of a fleet software initiative!